Varun Dhawan On Violence Against Doctors: ‘There's No Way To Prepare A Family For Loss, But You Just Can't Harass Doctors'

In an Instagram live with orthopedist Dr Manan Vora, Varun Dhawan recently spoke about the incidents of violence and physical assault that have been happening against doctors across the country. During the session, Varun appealed to his fans to take this issue seriously. He also spoke about the steps that hospitals can take to safeguard doctors and why grief counselling is the need of the hour.

- Riya Sharma

‘IT IS NOT NORMAL TO HIT THE DOCTORS’

As the session began, Varun shared that while he usually does a lot of fun sessions, the recent attacks on doctors was something that he thought that he really wanted to speak about. “It’s an extremely serious issue and we need to create awareness on this topic. The second wave has not been easy on anyone, I’ve had at least seven family members who got COVID during this phase, and it’s very stressful for the family. So, I understand when it happens but it is unfair on doctors, who are treating you, who are there to cure you day and night, to go through this,” he said.

Agreeing with Varun, Dr Vora added, “It has reached a point where doctors are wondering if their decade-long career is really worth the trouble and the current medical students are wondering if they have made the wrong decision... it’s not what we want budding doctors to be thinking, so we need to address the issue and tell people that it is not normal to hit doctors.”

‘NOTHING JUSTIFIES VIOLENCE’